{"id":1826163,"date":"2023-01-27T11:21:34","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T16:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1826163"},"modified":"2023-01-27T11:22:17","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T16:22:17","slug":"fbi-says-north-korea-affiliated-group-responsible-for-100-million-crypto-hack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-says-north-korea-affiliated-group-responsible-for-100-million-crypto-hack\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI Says North Korea-Affiliated Group Responsible for $100 Million Crypto Hack"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffbi-says-north-korea-affiliated-group-responsible-for-100-million-crypto-hack%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1826163&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/social_media_share\/public\/2023-01\/GettyImages-1135694060.jpg?h=ef1aeb63&#038;itok=VikHiibc\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>A hacking group associated with North Korea is responsible for stealing $100 million in cryptocurrency from the U.S. digital currency firm\u00a0Harmony&#8217;s Horizon bridge, according to the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>The Lazarus Group, also known by APT38, stole $100 Million from the U.S. business in June 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/news\/press-releases\/fbi-confirms-lazarus-group-cyber-actors-responsible-for-harmonys-horizon-bridge-currency-theft\">FBI said Monday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators also stated that this was what they found earlier in the month. &#8220;North Korean cyber actors used RAILGUN, a privacy protocol, to launder over $60 million worth of ethereum (ETH) stolen during the June 2022 heist.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to the FBI, the digital currency was used to support communist countries. <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/world\/asia\/north-korea-fires-17-missiles-south-korea-shoots-back-response\">production<\/a> Ballistic missiles and weapons for mass destruction<\/p>\n<p>Harmony, a California-based company, stated last June that the Horizon bridge used to transfer crypto was attacked by a heist.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/fbi-says-n-korea-related-hacker-groups-behind-us-crypto-firm-heist-2023-01-24\/\">Reuters reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>North Korea has a <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/government\/courts-law\/north-koreans-allegedly-involved-theft-and-extortion-money-cryptocurrency\">history<\/a> Stealing cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department, for example, charged three North Korean men with stealing and extorting more than $1.3 million in money and cryptocurrency in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The men are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/wanted\/cyber\/jon-chang-hyok\">still<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/wanted\/cyber\/park-jin-hyok\">at<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/wanted\/cyber\/kim-il\">large<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A hacking group associated with North Korea is responsible for stealing $100 million in cryptocurrency from the U.S. digital currency firm\u00a0Harmony&#8217;s Horizon bridge, according to the FBI. The Lazarus Group, also known by APT38, stole $100 Million from the U.S. business in June 2022. FBI said Monday. 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